Murray State Ranks High on Best Colleges List

WKMS | By Whitney Jones

Published September 10, 2013 at 4:06 PM CDT

US News and World Report named Murray State University as the eighth best public regional university in the South.

Murray State has consistently ranked high on the annual report and was the only Kentucky university to place within the top 25 schools this year. Murray State ranked as the 14^th best public regional university in the nation. This is the 23^rd year US News and World Report has recognized Murray State as a top institution. The report examines four-year schools’ graduation rates, faculty resources, student selectivity, alumni giving and several other factors.

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Whitney Jones

Whitney grew up listening to Car Talk to and from her family’s beach vacation each year, but it wasn’t until a friend introduced her to This American Life that radio really grabbed her attention. She is a recent graduate from Union University in Jackson, Tenn., where she studied journalism. When she’s not at WKMS, you can find her working on her backyard compost pile and garden, getting lost on her bicycle or crocheting one massive blanket.

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